[Samba] RFC2307 on a Samba DC - HowTo

[lp101]

Hello,

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On 6/3/2014 9:14 AM, Henrik Langos wrote:
> Hi Franz and Marc,
>
> On 05/18/14 20:12, Franz Pförtsch wrote:
>> Hello Marc,
>>
>> I do not have the Unix - Attribute tab?
>> Do I have to install the sfu utilities?
>
> Don't know. Did you install the "Server for NIS Tools" ?
> see. 
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Installing_RSAT_on_Windows_for_AD_Management#Installation
>
>
>> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Marc Muehlfeld 
>> <mmuehlfeld at samba.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've finished a new HowTo this week (please proofread):
>>>
>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_RFC2307_on_a_Samba_DC
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Marc
>>>
>
> Some suggestions from a relatively new user to samba4...
>
> 1. Apparently the link behind "NIS Extentions installed" in the 
> "Administer Unix Attributes in Active Directory" section goes to 
> "#Extending_the_Schema_for_NIS_Extensions".
>
> I'd suggest pointing it to 
> "#Configuring_RFC2307_and_NIS_Extensions_in_a_Samba_AD" instead.
>
> Otherwise people who are fresh to the material might get the 
> impression that they have to do the schema extension in order to use 
> ADUC even though the provisioning scripts did that work already.
>
>
> 2. Maybe change the title of "Extending the Schema for NIS Extensions" 
> to "Extending the Schema for NIS Extensions /in an existing Domain/" 
> to make it more clear that this isn't necessary for a newly 
> provisioned domain.
>
>
> 3. Maybe move "On additional joined Domain Controllers" to the third 
> position to make clear that it is a valid point for both scenarios 
> ("newly provisioned domains" and "extended existing domains"). Also 
> I'd drop the "joined" part.
>
>
> Effectively changing
>
> 6 Configuring RFC2307 and NIS Extensions in a Samba AD
>
>     6.1 During provisioning your first Domain Controller
>     6.2 On additional joined Domain Controllers
>     6.3 Extending the Schema for NIS Extensions
>
> to
>
> 6 Configuring RFC2307 and NIS Extensions in a Samba AD
>
>     6.1 During provisioning your first Domain Controller
>     6.2 Extending the Schema for NIS Extensions in an existing Domain
>     6.3 On additional Domain Controllers
>
> or even
>
> 6 Configuring RFC2307 and NIS Extensions in a Samba AD
>
>     6.1 On the Schema Master
>         6.1.1 During provisioning your first Domain Controller
>         6.1.2 Extending the Schema for NIS Extensions in an existing 
> Domain
>     6.3 On additional Domain Controllers
>
>
> In this case 6.1 would only contain a hint that in a single/first DC 
> setting the DC is automatically the "Schema Master".
>
>
> Cheers and thanks for the great work!
> -henrik
>

-- 
-James